snow-blindnessn.

Forms: Also snowblindness.

Etymology: Compare snow-blind adj.

Blindness or defective vision caused by exposure of the eyes to the glare of snow.

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snow-blindness1748

1748 H. Ellis Voy. Hudson's-Bay 137 This Invention prevents Snow-Blindness, a very grievous and painful Distemper, occasioned by the Action of the Light strongly reflected from the Snow upon the Eyes.

1836 Uncle Philip's Conversat. Whale Fishery 202 The glare of the snow..gave them what was called the snow blindness.

1862 Peaks, Passes & Glac. II. 377 Snow-blindness, which..is not blindness at all, but merely a painful affection of the eyes.

1895 Westm. Gaz. 11 Apr. 5/1 There were thirty cases of snowblindness and twenty-six cases of frostbite.

figurative.1877 E. R. Conder Basis of Faith Pref. p. xiii The snow-blindness of moral insensibility.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	snow-blindness
释义	snow-blindnessn. Forms: Also snowblindness. Etymology: Compare snow-blind adj. Blindness or defective vision caused by exposure of the eyes to the glare of snow. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [noun] > blindness > snow-blindness snow-blindness1748 1748 H. Ellis Voy. Hudson's-Bay 137 This Invention prevents Snow-Blindness, a very grievous and painful Distemper, occasioned by the Action of the Light strongly reflected from the Snow upon the Eyes. 1836 Uncle Philip's Conversat. Whale Fishery 202 The glare of the snow..gave them what was called the snow blindness. 1862 Peaks, Passes & Glac. II. 377 Snow-blindness, which..is not blindness at all, but merely a painful affection of the eyes. 1895 Westm. Gaz. 11 Apr. 5/1 There were thirty cases of snowblindness and twenty-six cases of frostbite. figurative.1877 E. R. Conder Basis of Faith Pref. p. xiii The snow-blindness of moral insensibility. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1748
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